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Traumatic Brain Injury Study in Latin America
In a study published Dec. 12 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at UW working with colleagues at six hospitals in Bolivia and Ecuador. found that intracranial pressure monitoring – the standard of care for severe traumatic brain injury...
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Monkeypox outbreak is a reminder that viruses won't stop surprising us
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, you probably didn't expect to be talking quite so much about monkeypox — or to see that an outbreak of the virus, which normally circulates in west and central Africa, would spread to 18 people in nine U.S. states...
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Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather. Why are fatalities so hard to track?
As summer begins in the United States, some local officials and health experts are sounding the alarm about the dangers of extreme heat, whose effects can be deadly but hard to trace. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and...
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Ancient DNA offers new evidence in long-standing syphilis theory
The origins of syphilis — a sexually transmitted infection that devastated 15th century Europe and is still prevalent today — have remained murky, difficult to study and the subject of some debate. ...
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Connie Celum Honored with Achievement Award
In recognition of her contributions to science, Dr. Connie Celum, UW professor of global health and medicine and adjunct professor of epidemiology, was selected for the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) Achievement Award. The...
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Dr. Anna Larsen receives NIH Research Scientist Development Award to develop a mobile health parenting support intervention aimed at improving father-child mental health in Kenya
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MPH student Keeley Ffrench on social prescribing to improve the health impacts caused by loneliness and isolation
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‘Silent killer’: experts warn of record US deaths from extreme heat
The punishing heatwaves that have scorched much of the U.S. could result in a record number of heat-related deaths this year, experts have warned, amid a spike in hospitalizations from collapsing workers. ...
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When Should I Take a COVID Test?
By now we all know the drill when it comes to at home rapid Covid tests. You swab, you swirl, drip a few drops and wait 15 min. ...
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Climate change is pushing hospitals to tipping point
When an unprecedented heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest last July, emergency rooms sought any way possible to lower the core body temperatures of patients coming in droves with heat-related ailments. Many emergency departments in the region began...